Health Smart Virginia
Social Emotional Skills
Nine activities boost social-emotional competencies. Read through the list and choose what best fits the needs of your class. Activities include thoughtful discussions, creating posters, listening to a read-aloud, and more!
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4 Steps to Road Safety
Students identify the "4 Steps for Kids" and how they can stay safer. In this important rules lesson plan, students take measurements and refer to a chart to identify their Safety Seat Number. Students also...
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Litter Bugs
Students read the book The Warville Wizard about litter, identify litter around their homes and school, and come up with solutions to the litter problem. In this litter lesson plan, students discuss how to be proactive and not litter.
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Comparing Amount of Rainfall in Different Geographical Areas
Students construct rain gauges and use them to log rainfall in their school zone, local city, and region and then compare and discuss them by plotting this information.
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Constitution Day
Students discuss the need for rules in their community and classroom. Using this information, they identify the authority figures at their house, at school and in the community. They are read a book about following the rules and listen...
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Wat-er We Good For?
Fifth graders investigate the use of water as a resource that needs to be conserved. They practice the skill of water conservation by taking a home survey of water usage and modify the use in order to decrease the wasting of water.
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What's in a name?
Students learn the history of their name, and create a biopoem. Students learn the pronunciation of native language names, cultural identify and pride in home language and culture.
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See the State
Fourth graders are given a map of Indiana and have to plan a road trip including at least two major points of interest with 100% accuracy. The students estimate the distance between their two chosen locations with 100% accuracy.
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The House
Oú est la cuisine? Several activities are suggested here to develop and further vocabulary acquisition for your beginning French speakers. They draw pictures of different rooms in a house and place objects around the room. Then, using...
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Back to the Past
What was the Untied States like in 1938? What were the concerns of Americans in the post World War I era? What were their fears? What were their sources of news and entertainment? To understand the reaction to Orson Welles' radio...
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Combating Corrosion
Study corrosion on bronze statues with a hands-on lesson. As pupils place a penny in water with salt, they observe the changes in the penny throughout a period of a week. They then analyze the pre-conservation and the...
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Time, Talent, Treasure and Economics
Students work cooperatively to create a quilt. They choose a pattern and determine the specific skills and steps needed to produce that quilt. Labor is divided equally between group members and a quilt is created assembly line style....
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Quilts and the Underground Railroad
Third graders explore the use of freedom quilts in helping slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad. They review the various quilt blocks that were used to give directions on the Underground Railroad. Students create their...
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The People and Places Around Us
Students investigate the different kinds of habitats for humans, animals, and things. They illustrate the interior and exterior views of their homes. Finally they create a map key and a block map of their school neighborhood.
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Are You an Animal Safety Sleuth?
Students complete activities to investigate natural disasters and the impact on animals. In this natural disaster and animal safety activity, students discuss the importance of safety procedures. Students use a map of their school and...
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Exploring the BES Website
First graders explore how to access the school website and individual teacher websites.
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Domus Romana: A Roman House
Fourth graders study wealthy homes of Roman politicians. They explore a businessman's house and describe the types of activities that go on from there.
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Recycling Program
Students develop and implement a recycling program in their school. Students work in groups to complete tasks in their student-created recycling program. They keep records of the items collected, the amount of money earned, and the...
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Consumer Education, ESOL
Students discuss types of housing, cost, location and terminology used in classified ads. They write a paragraph describing their image of the ideal home then exchange papers and edit each other's work.
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What can American third graders learn about soil from the European Union
Third graders develop a list of ways humans destroy soil. In this soil conservation lesson, 3rd graders listen to a book on soil conservation and design posters about how to conserve soil. Students share their work orally with classmates...
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Fall Slumbers
Students observe changes in a selected tree leaf near their homes during the fall. Twice each week students record changes in the leaf using words, pictures, and numbers.
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First Aid
Fifth graders participate in first aid demonstrations. In this first aid lesson plan, the students answer questions and participate in demonstrations focusing on common household first aid conditions. The teacher poses first aid...
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What Did I Learn Today?
Students are given a calender to take home and show their parents what they learned during the day. They write sentences and draw pictures for their calendar. They are able to keep their parents aware of what is happening at school.
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Bookbag Ideas: Collection -- Part 2
Pupils create their own bookbags to fill with books. They are to use the bookbags to take home books to read with their parents.